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 | | In March 1944 two Soviet fronts encircled Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube 's 1st Panzer Army north of the Dniestr river. |
 | | This massive force, over nine armies, was to attempt to outflank and encircle Hube's army, and then, in a repeat of the Battle of Stalingrad, reduce the enemy pocket (in German, kessel, meaning "cauldron") to nothing. |
 | | Manstein was informed of heavy troop movements all across Hube's front, however with Adolf Hitler 's refusal to allow strategic withdrawals, there was little he could do. |
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